3 Jul 2008 at 12:34pm DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- U.S. auto makers, mired in a sales slump brought on by soaring gas prices, are rethinking whether Americans are ready to embrace a car the size of an office cubicle. Tiny cars, smaller than a Chevrolet Aveo or Toyota Yaris, have ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 12:26pm NEW YORK ? Tired of pumping his cash right back into his gas tank, New York City taxi driver Mohammed Kalair says he is considering quitting his job and going back to his native Pakistan. Gasoline prices have doubled to more than $4 per gallon ...
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2 Jul 2008 at 6:54pm NEW YORK -- Oil prices shot to a new record above $144 a barrel Wednesday as the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. supplies and the threat of conflict with Iran weighed on traders' minds. The latest spike means a barrel of crude ...
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2 Jul 2008 at 2:58pm NEW YORK - Oil prices shot to new records above $144 a barrel Wednesday as the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. supplies and the threat of conflict with Iran weighed on traders' minds. Light, sweet crude for August delivery ...
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2 Jul 2008 at 9:07am In Leeton, Missouri, directions usually begin with, "From Casey's, you go ... " That would be Casey's General Store, the only petrol station in town. It's where folks fill up while talking about goings-on, politics, weather and who's got the best ...
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1 Jul 2008 at 7:53pm If it seems as if the cost to park downtown is skyrocketing, that's because Chicago rates have spiked about 50 percent in the past five years, according to a recent study conducted by Colliers International USA, a Boston-based real estate firm. In a ...
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30 Jun 2008 at 7:54pm DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday U.S. sales fell 28 percent in June on an unadjusted basis, driven by steep declines in sales of trucks and SUVs under rising gasoline prices.
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